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McGregor was preparing to appear in his own personal PPV interview event in Manchester and in typical brash style, took to Instagram in another 'look at me now' post.

Reporters caught up with Dana White to ask him the possibility of McGregor organising a fight with Floyd Mayweather, with or without the UFC, and the above rant.

White said: "Listen, Conor was walking into a pay-per-view where he had to sell to people [the concept of] hearing him talk. I'm sure people aren't crazy about buying tickets of pay-per-views to hear him talk; they want to see him fight. I get it."

Conor McGregor (Image: GETTY)

In terms of the Mayweather fight, White saw no blurred lines.

"It will never happen; that's not even possible. He's under contract with us. You have a contract for a reason.

"Let me tell you what, there are a lot of contracts out there, no matter what business you are in - UFC or whatever - and it's pretty tough to get out of a contract.